Jamie Baum, Ph.D.

Dr. Jamie Baum is an Assistant Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Food Science Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Arkansas.  Dr. Baum received her Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics and PhD in Nutritional Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and completed a postdoc in Cellular & Molecular Physiology at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania.  After her postdoc, Dr. Baum worked as a project leader and nutrition scientist at Unilever in Rotterdam, Netherlands for 2 years.  Then she moved to Danone Baby Nutrition in Schiphol, Netherlands where she worked as a nutrition scientist and claims substantiation manager for 2.5 years.  Dr. Baum started working at the University of Arkansas in 2011.  Dr. Baum’s research addresses basic and applied research challenges related to dietary protein intake (e.g. protein source, quality, and quantity) and its impact on body composition, energy metabolism, and metabolic health using a molecule-to-man approach.